Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 31, 1878, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MARCH 31 r—— 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES - 7 SPORTING. BASE-BALL. THE PEDIGREES OF THE WILITES. The Chicago team having now gathered itself to- gether for its season's work. it is properto give short biographies of the men inthe manner usually adopted by Tue THSUSE. Following sre the sketchs, arranged iu alphabetical order: “AdrianC. Ansonwas bornin Marshalltown, Tn., In 1852, by which count be would be 28 years of age. e first played bail asa professional in Rockford in1871. In 1872 1873. 1874, ana 1875 he was \rith the Athletics of Phlladelpnia; andin 1876 £0d 1577 with the Chicagos. “Anson’s battng rec- ord has alwazs been good. In 1871 he was ffteenth iu.2ll the ployers of the country; 1n 1872, foorth: in 1873, fourtn: in 1574, eighth; In 1875, teuth 1n 1576, 8fth; and n 1877, fourth. John P. Caseidy was born in Brooklym in 1836, and s concequently 22 years of ave. He began pioyine ball with the Nassau Clao fn 1573, sud Went to tie Atlantics fn 1874 In 1675 be was witn the New Havens, and In 1876 with .the New Havens and lartfords. n 1877 be remafned with tne Hartfords. In 1876 he was twenty-sixtn batter in the countr, and the best fielder. 1n 1877 he was eecond batter 1n the League Tobert Ferzuson was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1645, and is consequently 33 years old, He Lezan basc-bail plaving in the Jatter part of 1861 with the Frontier Jumiors, a club which, though it didnot hold the championehip, was a ver; strong ganization, and the principsl one in Brookiyn. Jie remained with them until 1864, when he joined the Enterprise, of Brookiyn, with whom ke played duriog 1664 and 1805, Daring the latter part of 1555 he eigued an engagement with the Atlantics, zn0 played with them in 180G, 1507, 1808, 1569, pd 1670, He left that Club in the fall of 1570, ead joiped the Mutuals, snd played with thew i 1571, Kelarming to his oid love, he took charze of the Atlantics again in 1872, and etayed by foem during that and the two foliowing years. Then he leit them agmn and joined ine Hartfords, with wAm he played danng 1075 and 1870 In 1577 he was with the lartford-Brookiyn Club, an organi: i thougn called the Hartford, yet plas Irn. He {2 one of the Tew men who hus never been 8 snbordinate. Fromihe Frontier Juniors to the Cmeagos, he bas been toe Captain of every ormanization wath which he was connecte 1be Frontier Juniors he beean pitching. Then he _went from pitchier o third-base. 1n whizh capacits ‘Leacted whtie with the Enterprice. He playea this un during 1865, 1eGT, and part of, 1853. Diiring the Hutter balf 'of 1505, and for 1o years Jollowing, be was catcher for the Atlantics. Then e played second-base for the Mutuals, und snbse- quently returned 1o turd-base, which he has pased ever s.nce. ‘yumes Hallinan was born fa Detroit in 1851. and esel e 2 yeare ol aze. He bopan pluy in the Zina Cluo of tins ciry, and was with_thein when fey were ut their best'm 1869, _Tn 1571 ue played win the Kemonsas of Fort Waype, snd., and in 1875 made one of tne Westerns of Keokus, Tu. in e latier part of the eame year he went With the Matals of New Yors, and staid with them sh 1576. 10 1877 he bezan the scusun’ wilh ucinnati tesm, and ended with the Chicagos. 6 e was_Lwenty-second butter in the cou try. and iu 2577 Wag écventa, while with the Ciu- ud seveoteenth 1n the League whije with 0%, Fraus ciaukineon has about the shortest pedizree intbe party. lle was born 1n New York in 1857, andis conscquentiy 21 years of age. He pliyed Jor the firet time with 3 professional club in 1574, with the Aluskas, of New York. Last year he mado an exeellent record with the Wilkesoarre Club, b1 buttiag being Lwenty-Gifth in the cozotry, and bis twenty-second. W m .. Llartnd in 1803, any I8 consequently : 2410 play the 5 inge of ¥mladelpina, and in 1874 played with the Experts_of Harrisbirg. In 1573 he joined the Hartiord Clad, ana has bees with tuat organizn- tion for three vears, playing mostly as Catcner, Tuough a few zames of his at centre-nield last year indicated thut be could play that punition dnely, Fraok Larkin was bord in New York 1o 1550, He piayed fiest_with the Briupeport (Cona. ) Cluy in1 1u 1576 be was with tue Alaskas, and in 3577 with Fergusou's Lartiorde. William 1. Mccletion_is Chicago boy, and 2] vears of aze. He bezan play wita tac Liberty Ciub, and in 1576 plavea part of the scason wit The Amatenss of Ushiaosh, Wis., und the larter part wita tue Red Caps of St. Paul, e was with tnat club 1m 1877, and was o faverite for eurnest aud elfeciive pia; Lawrence P. 1ie1s s the *“kid " of the ten ro.ably the youngest playerina Leugue Cilth in the country. He was oorn in Springueld. Ii 1858, and is toerefore only o httie o ay ball with ta ' and was with tacm 1875, In 1896 hewas wiin the Clippers of Wingns, Ming., and s 1077 with the Furbanks of Chicay, tie Kacme Club, the Cedar Rapiis, Ls.. teum, 4nd then witn the Chicagos, Joun J. km en wus born i Brooklyn fn 1830, Tae Srstcluo win which ne was regularly cons accted was the Halfurd of Lrooklys, with wuich beplareuin 1563 and'70. hen be went 10 the Auautics, and stayed with thém during 1831, 12, oa ‘76, He Was ext_engazed wioh the Slu uals, with whom be plaved durins 15,43 then with the Hianfords. wno had.bis services during 1875 and Lust ‘year he was at SL Louis, le has puved centre fie.d. wesepl Stait, the ** Oid Reliable,” will play this season, for te tiet time 1 eighten i from his OWR city. tie was born in_ N 1545, nud is consequently between 13 und i years of age. e firet playea toe game in tae Clubin 1560, und two years later be jo:ned the Atluntics, with whom he remamed until the close o1 1570, Or nige seasons In 1571 be joined the Mutuas, and played with them tll the close of 1367, or six seasuns. 1n 1677 e piayed with tne Hartiords or Lrooklsn. Mr. Start uas always been uu excelient Latter. us welsay fielder. fn 1571 he \as twelita Datier 0 the countre; m 1572 be was tinrry-thira: in 157 Sfteth; In 1874, e eenti; in 1576, twenty-third; and in 1577. msth. TUE CRAVER CASE. 1t was poted in these columns u week a%o that an Mumpt was bewg made to have Craver white- washed by the Judiciary Commitice of -the luter natwnal Association. The Craver folks played tbe.r hand as sxllfully 8s they coula, anu were beaten on she cards,—in fact, it was vne of tavse hands that migat as well be plaved face up. The Committee decided, atwer hearing the Case, that they hua no power o act in the matter under the ciztion's rules. ‘Che elfect 15 of course tne £auie 55 though they bad voted straicht oot that Craver was gulty Du ought to be kept out. Iuving fatlea n ths break, the Craverited have Doluly teken the bull by the horns and made a biul ut the Learue azum, The ground tney pro- ose totake s sketeued by the Sccretary of the layiouser Club in the foliowing letter, which was Ly President Hulbert yesterddy: N. Y., March :7.~¥fr. V. A Hul- Mr, Craver « case Leen before the tice of our Assoctation, and chey find € 1o DUWEr 10 uCt 1n the matier under the was born 1 Phfl:dclph‘ls v ile Jules. 0w, a4 Mr. Craver ciaums that nis expuision Srom the Loussvilles was uujust, and 18 wiaing, wito 3 1air bearing, {0 Wake sWOTs stalelments s 1o his 1ast sumiaer, 20d (how e telezrams tast he received, be wouid avpear betore the mectlu 0f the Leagae next Monauy at_Buluio, vrovided your Asvociation would Eive bim a fair hearitz. 1 you are ulsposed to act {n 1015 matter, Vlease iclegraph me, 50 we can get Mr. Craver Lo Buffa.0 00 thue. 3 ours tral; Frass HoulNs, Secretary. Mr. ifulbert did mot waste much space on the scheme, bui contented bimself wih callog attcu- Tiun 10 3 shurt Dote 10 the fact that the case could Dot ve reopened. 11 is proper (o add that Craver has evidently been impusing on the Troy people, and the Internationais generully, The 800VC ietter seews (o inuicate Lhal 11 Craver could explam ns letters, and telegrams, and bis play, he woild oe all rueat. The facts ate 1nut he was not expelicd for bad piay or recoivi telegranis, For tue inlormation of Mr, Hiwgins ond otbers, the resvluton ot expuivion 18 here re- produced Resnired, That W. il. Craver, because of disobedience Of Dualtive urders, Of general wikonduct. auu of Dicious play, {0 vivlatou of uls coniract aad the rules Oi the Leugue, be, aod be 13 neredy, expelied from toe Loulsviile Ciub. UOME PROSPECTS, ., The infamons conduct of the sseather for a week Bas nut ejoicen the oull-players particalurly. Just 23 £00n s :he Wenther Depir mest noticed 1n lust Surday's paper that the vlugers hud swrted for i €iiy. aul Loe sunsbine sud WArAth was 4t once elled 1, and the pust seven, days have been 8 mixwre of colasnd Fun, with sume snow mixed in. " Congequentiy, no practice nus been had, and none can bie unul he westher chunzcs. Mork on the grounds s bzea pushed forward grubiying Tapidits, ate maliers begin Lo s~ fumehape. Tne ienceon the Michigan avenme front wus compleied yesterday, anu {hicre Tewains oaly _hie south s1de to fence in.’ Tue fence fs nand. some’y pamted, ands, w.tnout douat, an improve- ment on the appearance o the avenue. Tne plans and arawings for the stand have been compicted, and 1t will e commenced 2. once. 1t will be on' the eame wencrui olan 38 the last one, bt hanasomer and bétter arranged. 20 much hus oeen sd 2bout the narrownese of the eround that 1t 15 prover to add to suca com- ments that it is only Tour and hsif feet narrower than the old vne in the same general location, and there was never much, if any. tronole in fair bally Lewng hit over the fences of that zround. Despite a)) question as 1o e size 0f the pround, the fact Tewnins that it will be the best one Jn the country. Its titting up and general arrangement will oe 28 Derfect 25 experience cun sugzust, and its location is uncqualed in this country. Ferruson and his boss wiil play on the best grounds and before thie Dbest uttendunices of any club in the United Staes, ey will huve 10 *how a clever zame 0 be worthy ©f their surroundinge, snd, turther, they cun o it. TUE LEAGUE MEEIING. The League meeting to be held at Buffalo to- morrow will be an 1m;.|url-flnl one, because, beside Srranging the ecasou’s ecaeauie, it wiil be calied Bpon 10 take some uction louking toward 3 modd- €ation of sume o1 the lezislation hud at the Cleve- land meeting. It is rumored 1hat some other ciubs Wl apply tor admiseion. but this is as yet Tumor. The meetng will oe made up s folly w Hulpert, President. representing the Chi- E. Young, Secretary; W. 8. Pettitt, the Indianupolis Club AL H. Soden, tae Boston Club; J. M. W. Nem, Teprecenting the Cincmnati; Club aud also dele- gules, ot maweq, {rom Mllwaukee and Provi- dence. Une of the duties which will very Iikely devoive on the Leaeue vonvention to-morrow will be the telcction of umpires. By the rule heretofore €ago Cluj Adoptey, each clup con'd eend 1n a8 muny names a3 i chose from which cighteen were to oe selecte Lur the whole conatry. " ‘Luere are perhaps a dozen | thrower. and * numes to which there hiould be no objection: for in=tance, Walah, Danicls, McLain, Bloasett, Sew- ard, Furiong, Bredburg, ‘Dean, Folev, ete. There' ought to be 3 determined effort to get along with- out apy Burtises and Devinneys. SPALDING’S JOURNAL. . Mesers. A. G. Spalding & Bro. of ‘this_city have just issued the epring number of their Journal of American Snorts, Itisa very attractive-looking Daver, about the size of Tk Tuinvxr: and con- tains llustrationa and interesting articles on base- ballmatters, archery, lawn tenms, croquet, fish- ing, and other popular out-door sports, together a comprehensive catalozue and price-list of all_tne neceesary fmplements. It Isone of the most complete publications of its kind ever jssued in this country. and reflects credit on the enteroris- ing baee-bali ond svorting goods howae. Sample Covies furnshed free upon’ appiication to the pub- hehers, 118 Randolph street. THE ATHLETICS FOR 1673. PRILADFLPuIA, March 30.—Thie Athletic Base- Ball Club je reormanized for 1878 under the management of Al Wright. Following i the nine . Lomas, Preiffer. Fieler. Fouser, Coons, Meyerle, Luff, Scnsenderfer, and Reach. TRAPS AND CALAMITIES. The latest rumor from McSorley is that he will pitch for the Mauchester Club, The latest news from Philadefohia is that the Atbletics **are to be * reoreanized. Roes Barnes was in the city one day last week on bis way o his home for 1875, —London, Can. McLean. the well-known umpire of Philadelphia, is set down 1o manage the Expert temn of that city. The St. Lonis Globe-Democrat announces that MeManus isabout to start out to canvasa for sup- Port for a new club. The National Association of Amateur Base-Ball Players has been diseolved. 1t had 65 cents on hantl at date of death. It was asserted that Mack was {o Captein the Syracuse Star team of this year, but the manage- ment have preferred Dorgan. _The Providence Clu, playing asainst the Brown Caiversity team, with Cory as pitcher, drammed cleven bits off the phenowcnon. There are guite 3 number of good men yet in Chicazo awaiting ensacements for 1878, One of them, who bas had an ¢xcellent record, is Lawler. The Alaska Club of New York has caused a card to be pubiished denying that Nichols (the espellcd Louisville player) is 1o oe o member of that team. There is 8 new featnre in the game now rampant. A gentleman_advertises that be will go with a full team 1o any city that wants to hire such an equip- ment. y The aseertion made ina New York paper that Milwauiee had enzaged Cummpgs 18 not prova- ble. 1tis anuounced that Mike Golden s to get 8 chance on trial. 1t s ¥aid that Sensenderfer hias been asked to as- atof the Lowell team. Con- areer in the managing way, the story is improbaole. ‘The Washington, Baitimore, Wilmington, Rich-~ mond, and other ke clubs wiil hold a meeunz in Washington 1o form a Southern League some day efore a great while. Te Srracuse Cosirier man Fays he has scen an it by L. 41, Mahn, in which e swears that c did not offer to ell his make of vall cacaper to. the Learue than to the Internationals. 1t 13 announced by two papers, in_their issue of Fawe vate, tiat Mecurtney will romain n Phuladel vhiaand that hewill g6 to New Bedford. The ways of the ba'l-player are past finding ont, A floatine paragraph savs that the Eckfords of Philadelvbia have reorzanized with Lex as pitcher. Canit be our long-lostf Is it the Lex wWho pitehed nere ten years ago this season’ The Mutuals of this ¢ put the following team in the feld: . i Fries, p.; Filiins, 1v.; Fitzpatad Meehan, 555 Martin, L1, Boty Milwaukee and Providence are expecting to e uniformed mgray, with blue etocsings. in- dianapoits will also stick to blue stockings, which, maxe the League colors thrce olue, two réd,, and, one white, A 1t is noted by the Indianapolis papers that the railroad nines are orzamzing rapidly. The C., § & D. line starts ofl 1ts announcement as follow: * Disucy, pitcher (with beer); Latlorty, catcher (no beer).” ., On the strensth of a paragraph in_a Philadelphia paper. an injusiice was dene Dufly w these columns oy :IVing currence to the report that e had veen sent to Blackwell's [eland. The report Was not true. Avprivate letter from_a gentleman in Cincinnail i not snsuine of MeVey's success with his team. It ix snd that tuere has already buen some Jntle. guarrelinz amonz promiment memoers of the team. This is not as 1t shonld be. The Providence Jispatch reasserts with great *postuveuess that the Svracuse Star delerate voted i the Builalo Couvention to whitewash Devlin & Co. 17 i did, b could not have been supported in his action by s own Directors. Positively the rast claimant of a professional cluo1s Reudinz, Pa.. where they bave u ground i which the rizit delder tsona il the centre tielder m a quarrs, and the [ert fielcer fn u swamp. 1tis the most aivérsitied ground in the country. The prospect in Drooklyn is that Cammyer will patchupa team and piay them sgainst visiting clups on the Union ground?. lie will have Lohvv Matthews for_pitcher, Knowdell for catchier. and Holaswortn as ficluer. No other names have been anuounced. < Mr. E. [. Tnderhill, of Auburn, is out ina let- ter claiming that hus club is alone ‘entitled tv con- test fur tue State chumpionstup, baving, as he clauns, been the only elub which entered before March15. The Gute, however, 18 April 1.—sSyra- cuse Lourier, 1t will answer several communications to sy that there does not seem to be room enoush to print ull the teamws made up from clerks in mercun- tile houses, Inusmuch a1 13 not feavivle to give place to them all, it is only just to stop printing them before besinning, a3 Mr. P. J. wouid suy. A Philadelphis piver says that Fery Malone is in the tea businevs and will never play oull suy wore, Per contra, the Cleveland Leader says be nas upphied for a situation m tue provosed ciub in 18 Cit) The (atter 1s the mo Ppro.sole stery. Tea i not u Izkely thing to atirioute to Fergy. 1t wouud be vt to uifect bim as it did Old Eccles on ane oceaston. A dispateh from Clevelund to this paper Jast Tacsday announced that tie following team was cxpecied to be bited: Barnie, catcher; Clinton, pitcher; Coyne. of Ebzabeth, N. J., cnunze cateuer; Laied, of Lexington, ilrst bake: Woiford, of Springtieid.’ O., third bade; Maskrey, jof Iili- nois, short-stob:’ Mclarthy. ‘of the 0. Eries, ccond pase; Caick, of Clevelong, fielu; and Dickerson, of Lawrence. Kan., neid. The Chicago Ctipper Lase-Ball Ciub will recelve al challenges for this season at J. W. Muoueys cigar-store, No. 190 North Wells stréet. r. Mooney wiil accept all challenges from any club 1o the state of Iilinvie, pro:inmg they guarantee ex- penses. ‘The nine’ consists of William Oram, p. §. Wangershefm, c.: Wulium Gie: ming, 2b. 3 J. Corry, rd Capun; L. Baer, 1.£.3J. Mclntyre i Do Goggin. . f. e, Spaiding will furmish the suits this st The following consolidated paragraph is from tho Providence D.spialch: Jim White gays he will not lcave the arens unttl he has demonsu d ihat his brother Will 1s the best Jlicher ia Lhe couatry Z Jim nas declded to play ball fo) waukee papers are l0ad (n thefr nese Deat Broviacioe, ungnom ! siwaukee: Mz Uh, yes! It'sIn Wisconsin, and th beer there, we weddeve.. he Internationals rejecied Mahn's ball, and adupted Wright's lustead, which re- Wiuas us* “*Aan's Inhumanity to Mahn Maes Georgle Wright rejotee,™ The pet Schedule Cummittee or President Whit- ney, of the futernational Assuciation, was 1o have met in Rocnester on Saturauy last, but only Mr. Panlhps, of tue Honells, and Joe Simmons, of the Rochestees, put mn an appearunc, Mr. Pudlips stupped 1n' thie, city Yesteriay on hig way tucs to Uomneliewlle. Tie expressed binself a8 Gisgusted with the Committee, and zave it as his opmon that no_rezular_schédule would be mades he be- lieved dat_s would ouly vu_selected for the begin- niing and_ending of the chympionshIp SCAsOR.— Lugaio Bep The Milwaukee Sentinel notes great. enthusissm about the gamemits city. It rather tnings Laat its Cluo ousht to be Urst, or at least second. Golden has been engased on trial as change p.tch- cr, aud bag arrived on the ground, ‘Tue uwlen who hu've not yet arrived wii o present und in training by the nnddie of the present wee. Concerm. tie sradley matter the veatinel says: .~ Fho New Bedford pian writes a_fool:s wthe Cilhper about an ettort of the iiwankees to perstade Bradley to_break bi No_sugscst.on ol the ki.d was radiey_ believed he could eccure his release, as the New Bedtords nave noone to catch him, and his rejease would have been migned but for tnd auvice of Harry Wri who diou twant Bradley to come to Milwausee. Harry kiows where bus Interest is—but tae il ‘waukees will take additional pans to beat Bostou. ™ One of the ball buoks published in New York comes 10 hund with 4 cut of o ball-field wiere the umpire is aitting down under an umbzely, tus piteher 18 deivening the bail oy the old-style pitcl, and the short-stop and left fieller are standing rigat beinnd the third bazeman. The same Loos mves a pleture of **un illezal deltvery, * stating that **the ruie requires taat tae vail shall be swunk forward beiow the e of the hip.'" The attiwde taken fu the illustration s lezal under the latest rule adopt- ed at Cleveland. Very likely the Literars Pirate out before aputhier yesr. One of the 'y he may be called the Pirate 18 £tole. without an attempt to credit, ail be b carved piching direct from the’ Clncinnaci & quirer. lnasmuch a3 Tug TRIBOSE has veen re- caested to **notice " thix book, it is comp=llea to tual it is the slimmest ball pudiication it has ever scen. QUASTIONS ANSWERED. B. T.—**Who ure colleze cicmpions in basc- vall#" Answer—The Harvard team was in 1877. ++(1) What js to be the striking order 2) Will McCledan or lizakia- Answer—Don't know. (23 L. i of the new team? son plav at st Dun't know. L.—*(1) Have the Milwaukees hired Golden? (9) What is his record axa miichert (3) I3 be s strong 2 man as Lracley would_have becn? (&) Is be a3 zood o piicher as Weaver!” Ansuer—(1) It ix stated (at they have hired him on trial. (2) He pitched for the Westerns, of Keokuk, and also for the Chicages in 1573 he 15 8 swift underhand He may have picked up'fa the last two () He is probably not as good a pitcher a3 years. etter batter. “(4) Don't Bradiey, but bhe is & kaow, R. S. V.~—**Can_you divide the present Chicago team into right and left-hand vatters?” Answer— HuBinan, Start, snd Harbldge always bat lelt handed; Anson, Cassidy, Remsen, Hankinson, and Larkin bat right handed; Ferguson and Rewn bat_about .ns well one way a8 the other; and as to McClellan, the writer does not know. Dick—"*(1) Is Morgan, of the Milwankees of 1877, engaged for this ycar? (2) I linllinan as heary a batteras Jones? (3) Is Holdsworth en- gazed for this yearr (4) Howold is Ward? (5) Will Bradley pitch for Milwankee this year? An- nicer—(1) No. (2) Their record lust year was: Hallinan, 304: Jones, 323. (3) No. (%) Abont 21. (5) Probably not. H. A. S.—*Did yon not advocate enmging Egeler {nstead of Remsen? (2) Is not Eguler a better man than Remsen' Anawer—(1) Tne TmBUSE did not advocate the engagement of any one, except one man who has retired from the business. (2). The record ehows that Remsen was fourth felder ond ninetecnth botter. while Eggler was seventh fielder and thirty-second bat- ter. That docsw't show that Epuler is the best best man, does it? Esther one is good enuugh to play in any club ever formed. THE TURF. A WELCOME DEATH. Some months ago when Tz TrisvsE snnounced that Mesers. Tucker and Sherman, the lessces of Dester Park, intended to turn it over to thé Union Stock-Yards Company, from which they leased it 3 number of years ago, it did 50 on the best of an- thority. Strange 83 it may seem, there are o large number of those in this city intercsted in fasc horses and the turf who conld not bring themselves to belleve that the only racestrack which the city possessed was to be taken in as a part of the Stock- Yards, and they have petsistently beld on to this delusion, although there was not the slightest circumstance to warrant them in zo doing. Now that there 13 mot tho slightest doubt regarding the trath of what this paper assert- ed tobeafact wecks and weeks 8go, these same menare going through that interesting process known oy *‘clubbing” themscives, and telling what taey would Lave done, and what wonders they would have performed, if they had *‘only known about this thing.”” This is the thinnest kind of wash to be dealt out after itis too late to remedy the evil, and those whoare indulging in it will adopt the wisest course by depositing them- selves in some dark cornerand saying nothing. When tneir assistance in orgunizing an association for the purpose of building & new track was wani- ed they were not to be found, and the present ex- ‘hibition 12 out of piace and entirely unnecessary. On the whole, Tue TwmsuNe 8 glad 'hat the deatb: of vexter Patk has been sung, and thut it ded e will be followed vy uspeedy burial, . It was a sick chicken from 1ts birth, dnd the vicissi- tudes experienced in childbood white it was in the hands of unscrupulous and not conspicaously hon- orable men had o bhighting effect which made it ever the coild of fortune, and a uot very weil- thought of kid at tnat. Since Col. Mansar has haq Charge of the concern he has endeavored to run it strictly on the square, bat it refused to by even 1 lively corpsc, and, aiter sinking no fncon- siderable amount Of smoney in endeavoring to make it a sncc he doubtless views 1ts total coliapse with feelings ot entirely unmixed with eatisfuction. "'ne disadvantages which Dexter Park has had to contend with in the way of location. etc., have frequently been set fortiy fn_these columns, and it isnot necessary to uwain refer to them. . Every~ body knows why the track would not pay, and no- body is sorry thut in [utare itis to be the stamp- mg-place of Texas_steers, corpulent hogs, and mild-eyed sheep. When this paper learned, early last winer, that the concern was 1o be closed out. it made the fuct public, and arged on the horsemen of Chic: and tne inrze numoer of men resident here interested in Lurt matters the necesstty of im-~ medinte action lookiny to the purchase of suitable grounds und the construction of & new track. But the horsemen of Chicago. and the men who back them, arc about as placid 8 10€ of clams as can be found in many & duv's walk. When it is tuo late to do anyining, they instantly become aware of the fact and orzanize a mutual condolence and cxperience meeting on every streel corner, bewail- inz in lachrymose tones the ill-fortunc that ha« overtaken them, and telling lugubriously what would have done if they nad only known what wad going to happen, when, s a matter of fact. they were fully informed on the subject some months ago. ‘I'hat ancient and trathful maxim relative (0 the use.essness of squandering salt water over épilled milkc does not scem to- have formed a part of their carly education, and tacy keep on howhing svout fomeininz that has _been done and cannot be helped witn a8 much earnest- ness as if their Jameniations were all-powerful to save. Perhaps when these men have gone without any teack or race meetings ior a year or twa they l\'li’; 8tir around on their stumpsand do fomething, and it is in this lignt that ‘I'ne TrisuNE looks at the matter woen it oeholds without a tear the cor of Dexter Purk oecing borne to Its lasc resting-place on the ample shoulders of those very amiable gentlemen, Messre. Tucker and Sherman. ‘There are three or four men in Cnicago who have the menns to build 4_race-track, and who have ex- pressed an inclination to dogo, Now s thelr chance to manifest their zeal. MAKE A DOUBLE-I The growing interest in double-te: was jostered 10st season by the 2:23 performance of Mr. W. H. Vanderollt's team, Small Ilopes and Lady Mac, over Iicetwood Park, has heretofore oeen alluded to in these columns, nna the opinion expressed that any circait which' offered a puric fac horscs ut this wav of going would find the same a dpmflmble investment. Now that the Stew- ards of the Grand Central Circuit have ar- ranged their programme for the com- ing troting Sewson. and . have fefr. 3 cauplo of thouwsand doilars to be investod by each place as it may see fit. the sucgestion is made thut 8 puree of, say, £1,500 be offered for double teams. Of course such un event would have to he free to all. as toere dre no teams of any prowminence with records, botthis would mase no difference us faras eotries are cone ed. ng the receut meeting of horsemen and trick managers in this city the subject was intormaily discussed, snd it was generally azreeq thut such @ purse as the one proposed above would not only @il we but wonld cause a larzely fncreased atiendance at the meet- Iugs of the assoclat ous which offered 1t. It is al- mosL a certainty that were su-n an event included in the programme of the Central Circuit it woula have sixor feven entmes at cach place along tne hue. In the frst place, John Splan would proba- bly ve therc with Rarus and Colmar, toe former whom has a record of 2:16, and the latter of 42. Loston would no douot be represented by Dick Swiveller and Comee, who have oeen worked together on the road all winter by James Golden, with a view to trotung them in public, should an opportunity be aforded; while New York could furnish Mr. Vanderoit's team, Little Fred and Capt. Jack, oth of whom Mr. Vanderbilt intends Lo trot next season, having ulready placed thew in the haouas aof lten Mace for preparation. Dan Muce would probably eater the lists_with Pros- vero, record 2:20, and White Stockings, 2:21, both of whom arc in hie staole. The Simmons Brothers, whose headquariers have been in New Yors auring the past six months, have a ine pair in Jim Ireing and Kansas Chicf, provided they stand training, and would e sure to enter them in & double-team race, provided a fair amount was hung ap for competition. A frst-class pole team could also be made of the Chlcago horse Bo- dine and Great Eastern, both of swhom are larze, steady-zaited amiuals, with speed enough for any cluss, Jopn Turner has lanms and Nettie, both 1n the tree-ror-all, and of a size to hook up well to- gether, ‘These teaws mione would make a field that would attruct tnousands of spectators, and in uddnion to them misht be mentioned Cnarles Crocker's San Francisco team, wh.ch trotted 1 Dub- lic heat 1 2:20%, and Orrin lickok's ana Commodore. The first named of the tioned toam bus a record of 2:223, althousn these fizures ure no index to ais speed, and Commodore cun trot cloe to 2:20. Taxing into_consideration these facts, it would recm that the Steward of the Grand Central Circust would run no risk in offerins 2 purse st esch weeting lor ali doudle teams. The esperiment would not “be a costly one, and is wor- by of tral. EAM BACE. am races, which THE TIME-TEST. The editor of the Sp.ri’ or tae Thines has got it intouly head that in turf periormances (allnling especially 1o thoge particivated in by running norses). tue time made 13 uot an index of the merit of the performers. Just how or way this idea permeated Mr. Buck's brsin. and was by him cast out 10 un amased and astomshed world, 1t i dini- cult to concelve, but there it is, and as'the matter is creaune u cértun amount of tatk, wmostly of a sarcasuc nature, however, among horsemen, it 1 buL faie that some attention shouic be puid to it, Mr. Bucs's central jdea fe, that the fact of o 'y having ou A sinzle occizion ran 4 mile or otlier disiance at 4 fast rate does not per s¢ estolish the fact thut the animal 16 8 first-cluss performer. _In this view of the case, nearly every man who will pise the matter o few nioinents' care- ful consideration will coincide. It is notorons that Kadi, who ran & mile over the Hurtford trotting-track in 1:414, was an ammal of very ordinary aoility a8 a Face-horee on nearly every otaer gccasion waen he sppeared -in pawiic. It i true that be was gified wich an ime niensc tara of speed, and on the day of the race .abo e mentioned haboened to be **right at hun- teif,” and, 43 the weather and track were favora- ole, be succeeded 1n making an extraordinary rec- crd for one mile. It Is aiso true that Searcher, who ustonisacd everyoody one day by winning & mile heat in 1 Was pever afterwards aole to come anywhere near repeating the performance, and that be never agun showed himself to be & tirst-class race-horse. Of Gray Planet, who Is credited with 2 mile in 1:4213, the same might be saia; also of First Chance, Who ftands accredited with' three-quarters of a mile in 1:15, something that very few horses have been nble to accompllsh. Al these cases are clied oy 3r. Buck to prove tne truth of his assertion that time i3 no test of mert, as nre also thuse of Bob Woolley, one mile and A furlong 1 1:34; Jack Frast, two miles, $:63151 Couner, two miles, 3:313; Felloweraft, four miles. 7:1943. At first glance it would seem thar these cases strongly susuained 1ne position taken by the Spumd, bata more careful consideration ana analyzis of toem will be apt to cause the hastily-formed jm- pression to cisappear. It 18 possible that Ar. Buc: has been micunderstood in this matter, bt in the Spirft of Jan. 26 last, in an article headed ‘*The Time Test, " it is said: **If in considering the chiaracter of an eveat, and estimaung the merit of & particulur performance, thne entered 1nto snd formed n part of the reliable data nnon whicn a sound judgment could be formed, it 18 valuable; if it does not, it Is an ornamental appendage, utterly useless. . . The turfmen of these sece uons ‘(England, France, Germany, and Austrin) . bave pever nccepted timo a8 worth anything in forming an opinion of the merits of horaes ot their performances. . . . 1i-itisarcaltestof itielf, or even possceses ufliclent streneth t0 contribute any ald—even the slichtest—in estimating the vaiue of tarf performauces, why has it notbeen incloded fn the calendars of thosd countries, with other dats, in giving the history of the tur anna- ally. . . . With an exoperience extending so far back, it 3 strange that the merits of timenan test, if )t has merit, bave never impressed British tnrfmen, or those of France, Germany, and Aus. A 10 taking this view of the case it would occur to most people that the Spiril puts forth a very sk arsument, and one that will hurdly receive respectful or serious considertion at the hands bf thuse who are likely to take aninterestin this mat. ter, The fucts in the cases of Kadi, Scarcher, Gray Planct, Bob Woolley, and others, aithongh not recarded by TaE TRIBUSE 33 particularly con- vigcing, would have infinijely more weizht wita thinkinz men than any such plea as the above, Ba- cause Lhe horsemen of Europehappen tu difter from those of America on the palnt of timing, it is ng reason (hat the Americans are wrong. Itis hard {o reak overa long-established cusfom, and ul- though in sume of the more notable foreign racing events, sucn as the Derby. the time 8 announced, 1tis done merely as & matter of form, and frow the difference {n frucks between this country and England, there can be no comsarizons by time from which any accurate couclusions can be do- duced. To say, as the Spirit indirectly does, that becauee the English do not time horses, there: fore time I3 no test of merit, 13, at the hest, a strong begeine of the question, and ‘an_ act that 11l do muich toward causinz a Pabject that is real- Iy worthy of serivus thought and discussion to be treatea with contempt. : | 1f. instead of stating the proposition as it did, the Spri hod magntained that a horse who had one zood performance (0 his_credit «as not necessarily a first-class race-horse, it would not have been far out of the way, aud in'a numoer of mstances, such 24 the ones quoted above, fhe record would 'have corroborated its assertion: bat, instead of this, it took the few cases where first-class time had boon made by horscs that, s a rule, were sccond-class performers, and from them assumed that time was no testatail. The absurdity of this propasition {3 sclf-cvident.’ Becnuse Gray Planct could”run the most cxtraordinary triais uzainst time, and siill be of uo account in a race, it did not prove that in ol cases the time made by a horse at certan distances was_to be ignored n considering his merlt @8 4 racer Thecases of Gray Planct. Kadl, Searcher, et al., are merely the exceptions which prove the rule, and are résarded a3 euch by a larce majority of horsemen and those interested n the turf, Now that the breeding of trotters 13 boing pr- sued with mrch the sume system and carefulness concerning pedizrees sud strains of blood thut has always characterized the perpetuation of the thor- oughbred antwal, it Is provavle that this question of time will agatn come np. 12 1t 18 no test of wierit in runrers, it is not {n trotters. But suppase aman were shown an ammal that could trot in 2135, as demonstrated by 4 stop-watch, and that was pure garted, dovs uoybody suppose that ho wonfd not pay mare for it than for one whose speed was five kcconds per mile less? And yet, in the tirst race that these animals came toether, the onc that really had the leust speed might win, because - the other was unsteady or ' faint-hearted. ~CGamences is often worth more than speed, and thit the trotter which fas the most of the former i3 often n ioor- wnoneyed horse fs_casils shown. Lulu, with her record of 2:15, surpasved by that of ot one horse only, has alwavs been u wild ana unsteady uni- mal, snd tas néver been looked upon us possess iug the slizitest claims to he called a relioie trot- ter, her winnings in any one season haraly paviny herexper Smuggler has, perhaps, as much speed us any horse i the country, Uit no one cliime ‘that he 18 a reliuble trofter—one upon whom it is safc to betmoney before o heat iy trot- ted. Faugh-a-Ballagh IS repuced to have trotted u quirter in 3] scconds, but ix 80 ** rank™ when in 4 race that 2:75 will defeat him about every time. The black horse Cavt. Bouneli can show o mile better than £:30 almost sny day during the trotung-season; but the fact that he gen- erally ~ sturts on an _aerial excursion soon after leaving the half-mile pole In the second or thira heat, and gallops payly home about forty rods behind the balance o the field, is 30 well kuown that he 18 never thought of in the pool-sclling on races whlch are won by horses not sospeedy s be. Queen of the Wost, o mare famous 10 the days When Jim Rockey wis in his prime, could show more speed tuan anybody's hotse, but no one ever veatured the assertion that she was & relixole trotter. Further instances of this kind could ve ziven, but stll they du not prove chiat time 4 not test of merit, bat. on the " con- trary, that in a large majority of cases it is. As oefore stated. the instauces whicn at first migat would scem fo disprove the ruie are not sulllcicnt- Iy numerous to do ko; they are simply exceptions 10 ft. Cutil some petter metaod of determining tde ability of 0 horec 10 g0 a certuin_distance shal be devised, time must bé rezarded us the best Indis catiun of merit. ST. LOUIS NEWS. Stectal Carrespondence of The Tribuze. St. Louts, Marca 29.—The remarkaoly fine and ary weather of the fast three weeks was futerrupt- el'by a heavy rain on Wednesday, pezinning about noon and lasting until 8 p. m. -~ The changze wos very acceptable to all. und especiaily €0 to the borsemen, who were fast becomnng decidedly un- happy over the dust of the roads, hardness of tne tracs, and numerous otber trousles mendent to dry spells. To-day, however, theyare all in bigh lee. There is no dust on the roids. the track shed the a8 1f 1t were 3 duck's back, and, thanks to o orisk yet uncomfortavly cool wind, 1t is now in the tinest possibic condition. There s 4150 an astonish- inz hurmony of views Lefween the running and trotting staoles, which bave herctofore divaureed with and reviled each other on_every point, and the unanimous expression of all the tarf orscles located at tue Club grounds iy, **St. Louis nas toe fuest track in the worid.” Foreign ** talent " appears to coincide, for simiiar sentiments were expressed oy B. F.Akers, of tue Kansss Stock karm, Lawrence, Kan., and James H. Ga.lagher, the old-time driver and sulky agent of Chicago, ooth of waom were visitors fiere this week. Tnese zentlemen, 88 ull Western turfmen ace aware, Dave a thorougn knowledze of all tne tracks tn the country, and know twhereof they sveak, hence their opinions ure entitled to more than ordinary consideration., 1t isan established fact that all the horses in traimng here ate further advanced for the season than any ot of animals that ever came under the observation of **the oldest horsewnan,” who, in keeping with his tvpe the world over, ‘can surpass all other inhubltants with respect to memory fully 18 much a3 Adam shouid outdo Boo Ingersoll in & knowledge of enrlyevents. The runners are got- ting strong gallops, and the trotiers any quantity of speeding, and every fine Gue moraing the scene at the track is very animated. Old Cape Race gets the lion's sharc among the runners, and, taough uxly at thnes, moves finely, and does bis Jor ae if & were play. Chariion 1 compluining. He cools out lnme in nis leitfoca leg, yet, strangely cnough, daes not 300w it in hus wotk. 1t is feared that be wifl not stand the tlusl preparation. The d-year-olds—Krupp Gun and Longview—are al- reday in racing trimn. The youngsters are getting the hang of track-worx very fast, and now start very well. Some of thsm run like old horses, and very speedy unes, too. The trotters frequently indulge In a little brush of a quarter or go, until the one that is **short of work " (%) gives up the conteat, These never indicate that one horse is speedier than the other, Certamly nof, N taeless, Capt. Dicksun s brousht i i iron- sray yeiding, full 16 bands high, and weighing duout 200, Who gues to the front every tune he s tickled. e is an eyesore to some of the boys, and it is freely ussorted that he is o ringer. Dick- so0n suys the hurse is not yet 6 years old, and he don't Know whetier he §8 1 trottér or not. ' As for his name: **Billy for the present: wait til we see if he aeserves one; if he does, he'li get it." Wood- fora Mamorino, 'Lucilio, dJ. N. Steck, Pate's Sentinel, ond ' five others, comprsinz K. C. Pale's string, unuer the change of Chacley Myers, will, aze quarters atthe “track on Monday. Theuceforward tlacce will be some red-tot brushing, A meet tetween toe two 4-year-ulds, Sentinel and Liob Wiles, will e very Intercsting. Myers thinks Lbe former 2 phenomenon, und Gus Wilson says the latter 13 15 20ud a8 unybody’s horse of his aze. — Amony the new arrivals are Maj. Todd's chestnut fily Minnie Lewis, 2 years, by Uncle Vic, daw Alta Vela, and bay gelding Bostun-on-tae-Table, 4 years, by Bon- me Seotland, ¢am Madedaa. by Loston. The tliy, a perfect beunty, full of raclnz-like points, 18 cn- gaged m the: Ladies’, Lucay, and Huut Stakes. Toe Zeluing iv 0 tae Gurnean Cuo. Next week I3 ex- pec ing Williaw Mulsey's gtuble from Kan- #as City, consisting of the celeorazed chestnut mare Caiquiba, ages, by Hurrab, uam Suneise; brown colt Lucifer, 4 years, by Leawsnzton, daw Lady Motley, by Lexington; and a couple of 2-yeur- olds, G. TRACK TALK. It 1% unders'0od that Ben lace will devote his time this season 10 Mr. Vanderwilt's norses. Lle is now jouging Litule Fred nud Cupt. Juck. St. Louis puoers complain thar the Chicazo rail- roads are the oniy ones taat will not_reduce fares during the Jockey Clua meeting in toat cnry. Edward Stoies, who recently retired from a three-years ouscurity, recently purchased for use on the road & oiy lly by George Wilkes for $2,500. Groy Salem, a notse that made a good_showlaz In the Ohiv fall circu:t last year, ks oeen sent by s vwner, Mr. Edward Swope, of Buifalo, toJohn Splan, at Cleveland. : 1t ig understood efty, 1= eudeavorn purchase an that will 3uart this se m n_the 2: hesitates at the price usked—S13,000. The trotter Jotn Hall, that was in Peter John- 200’8 stable Just season, Wil ve ariven this year by Moerill Higbic. Jounson was oifecea ihe horae, ont preferred Me, Tobin's Gray Cuuriie, both horses being in toe same cluss. 1t was erroneously etated in last Sunday’s Tnin- ©NE that the aray mare Macy C, owned by Mr. Doughty, of thts city, had been bred to ais staili Woodford. She has not ocen bred, and is ready to be tratned for the coming campuiga. The gray siallion Andy Mersham, by Curtis Hambleionian, died March 23, at thie . stables of Mucey Bros., Versallies, Ky. _Andy Mersham was owned by Jobn Pbelp, of Richiwond, Ky., and seadon, as o S-year-oid, made & record of 2543, The Philadelohia Jtem vory approvriately pokes fon At o so-called sporling sbect in this city whichl recently snnounced the death of tae trot- ting-horse Gen. Tweed, about six weeks after the contradiction of the reported decesse bad ap- pearee in Tug TRBUNE. ¥ As before etated fn these columns, will trata bls hors ‘campsign ar Cleveiand, and it s now anopunced that Mr. Al Jtichmond will send his string, consistinz of Hope- fal, Lady Lowe, Sensation, Kacket, and two green norses, 10 the same place. Tom France, of To- ledo, grmived lst week with Tom Lritton and a t Mr. R.C. erserean. of tals steru trotter 2 class, out Dan Mace couple of trottors without records. C. F. Emery’ string, consisiing of Dan Bassett, Capt, Sellick, Preacher, aud Parana, is also at the frack. The trotting assaciations of New Brunswick have decided to hereafter bar ail United, States horses W¥Ith better recorda than 2:35 from their meetings. Fons. 8 protecting home” {ndusicy with a ven Josep Shoemaker, of Philadelphin, nas_par- ¢hused in’ Kentucky the 4-year-old mare Paie Wilifams, by a son of Blackwood out of Virginia, thedam of the recently-deceased trotter Wood- ford Chlef. Pattio 16 &aid to resemvle her dls- tinguished half-orother very much, Every spring 2 number of running-horses break away from thelr riders while beinz cxercised, and are permanently dieabled. The first instance of the kind this senson fs thal of the 3- 1d_filly Mischicf, by Gliroy, who ran away Jast week on the Louisvi.le track, and broke ner neck by col- Tiding with a tree. A yarn i6 colng the rounds of the papers that a fourtecn-nands Indian pouy owned in Dakota Ter- ritbry Las beaten all the running-horses fn_that country, including seversl thoroushhreds. It is merely another form of the old and often expladed tacory that wild horses are speedier and have more endurunce than better-bred ones. Leonard, by Longtellow, who was ono of the MOSL Prownising ¥-year-olds in the early part of Jast Ecason. but who was injured bya collision with other horsea while runuing in the Withers Stakes, i3 ngain lald up, having got into s fight with Aris- Uides and received sowne severe brulses, which will cuuse & temporary stoppage of his work. A movement is on foot to nbolish the fractional parts of seconds in iving records tu horses, and Is meeting With favor. If tne new scheme way sdopted by the Nut.onal Association s hore would not be in the 2:30 class until he had acquired that record,—that is, a porse with a record of between 2:31 and 2:30 would stiil be in the 2:31 class, 3 PEDESTRIANISM. THE CAUSE OF EXNIS' FAILURE. Special Dispuich $0 The Tribune. Burrato, N. Y., March 30.—At 4 o'clock last Stonday afternoon John Ennis, of Chicago, entered upon the undertaking of walking 400 miles in 128 hours at the Skating Rink, this city. From the first hie was beset with diflcalties, and, ander the circumstances, it is remarkable thut he walked as far s he did without giving up. When le began, the track, which had been prepared for him, was frozen hard, and most of the drst hundred miles was accomulished under this disadvantave, Yes. terday afternoon it began to ram, and continued ull ‘Thursday evening. ‘The roof of the rink leuked like a seive, und the teack became as soft as butter. while the interior of the building was damp, cuilly, and disagrecable. Some sawdust was sprinkied over the roadbed, bit only improved it shubtiy. Ennist feet became budly blis- tered,” but ho pluckily continued his trump, wending mile after mile with seemingly no tuch word s fuil in bis vocaoulary. He resorted to every expeient 10 conceal the escruciatine awony whicli the blisiers caused, and unti) late Friday evenlng beemed ns sancuiné and determined as ever. ‘The J00th mile was finished at ten minutes past 12 o'clock this morning, when he left the track for a few mnnites to chanze his xhoes. It was then discosered tnat one of his ankles had swollen fo twice its natural mze from an attack of inflamnatory rheumatism brought on by tne dampness. Enms resumed his walk again, but was s0cu forced to take olf_his snoes. Ite in- sisted on continuine in his stocking-feet, ana_did travel a chort distance in that way. Finaily, i obedience 1o the carnest counsel and the protests of br. O'Drien, he was persuaded to leave the track after imslne 503 miles, ond to zive up ali hope of accomplishing the undertaxing. Ennis, who hne made hosts of fricds during his short_siay in the city, keenly revrets his failure, but expresses his detérmination to yet perform the feat here to the satisfaction of oll his friends. Iarring the condition of his feet he was in splenald trim. with plenty of rescrve force to walk the Jast €00 miles in twenty-four bours. The 4rst 100 miles were walked within twenty-fonr hours, the hundredth mile being made in the re- markably short time of 7:35. - Eonis will remain in Buffulo for & few days; and come timein the near future will agaim attempt the feat which he hus s0 *‘creditably " failed to perform tass time. Considerable money chunged bands here on the result. . HANDICAPPING. DOES IT PAY? To the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicaco, March 29.—The handicap question has been a subject of much thousbt and considerable diccussion in sporting clrcles of late. Does it pay 10 doit? Is there any benmefit derived from Does it make o match any more equal in reality? After much consideration of the subject the con- clnsion has been arrived at -that it coes mot pay. There {s no beneflt. It does not equalize a match. For the first, it does not pay, jbecsuse when a con- teswnt orclub are 80 good at any one thing that another club cannot take cqual chances with them, and the snperior side has to be handicapped, the match is very likely to be one-sided, and eve one refuses to support such an afair. They would much rather sec the weak side tuke equal chunces, and do their best to make 4 2ood showing at least. As to the question of beuefit, icre is none, be- cause, generally, the cluv, side, o person who hias the advantage will rely 100 much on the odds, and, if anything, their work will be a hitle worse than uenal. They will not strive so hard to win beeause they feel they buve o lead, and depena on it too much. wnile the other side, ‘being luid under extra pressure, Will strive with might and main to overcome the distance, and, being experts, they generally do overcome it.' Take, for instance, Two mon at biliiards. The better man plays fifty to the puorer's thirty-four; you will generally find that the fifty-point man makes his sixteen polnts s eoon 83 possible, and with extra carc, while the Dpourer man s slowiy dong his usual work, or worse—zenerally worse, The other catches up, and shortly wins, while the poor player .wonders tow it is that Brown is such s good pluver. Thas 1t 1s aremed that there is no beneft, for the poorer mam docs not try 2s hard to fmprove his work as he orherwise would, relying almost entirely on tne advantage he has, and. the other ma's inability to overcome it. The poorer man does oot dertve the least beneflt from the mateh on this account. As to the equalizing of the match, it does not do it. In tae frst place, a superior man will not enter in'a mateh above his abilities, and he 1s pretty sure to know what he can do, ny O'Leary, Dogirdus, and others. Besides this, he* knows nsually about what_tne noorer men can éo, 22d just iiow mach be cun beat them, even chances, He knows how much extra exertion' e will have to muke to overcome the odds, and generally does 1, for by skill he hos arrived at that state of pe fection which the uthers had not the skill to reach, being usually mediocro ouly. Then, in the vecond place, he is Tully aware of the roliance tae poor men * place on odds, distance, and the like, and. knowing this, ' feels certain that they will ~ fall - of in their usual work. Lastty, he never dispraizcs or, 10oks with dispar- agemient upon & poorer competition. e always gives the mun the possivility of. doinz better than Gzual, and consequently bo generaily overesti- mates the opponent and wins the match. Now this line of arzument appifes to every sport under the sun, and it is os silly for a second-class bas ball club to undertake to beat a_professional nine a8 for a car-horse to beat Goldsmith Maid, ora poor ciub sportsman to_ try and beat Bogardus, or even an Enghshmsn to beas onr O'Leary. No -mattor bow much you handicap these peopte, they will win or they wou't play. You have 1o vet Your poorer men up (0 that equally trained pitch, whence they can take even coances, then the pub- Tic will pay to sec it. 'The benctit will be inestima- bie. and tne match will be equal. Tne writer of this note hus Hivered with several well-known sportswen upon this suvject, and the above is the result of mature deliberation. thongh no doubt many efusfons will be received conawmning this iine of argument from the ** Poorer Cluss.” Larey B, Free, THE RIFLE. FRIDAY EVENING LAST the Georse I Thomas Post (G. A. R.) Rifle Club assembled at their clud-rooms fn Owsley's Block for the purpose of awarding the prizes in thie three months’ Eontest just completed. There were present ubout 250 persons, both ladies and gentlemen, —the members of the Post snd their wives and frlends. The occaston was made o sucial one, unaccount of waleh will be found in the sotial column, The main feature, however, was- the riile contest, thescores of which are 8 fol- lows. There were ten contests at each contest, encn man hud to snoot ten shots at twenty-five yatds. Creedmoor rules. off-hand. and the record 15 s1d to be the best ever made in tne West at that distance: L &8 A 1 3 5 4l 45 13 3 3 3z b1 iy LEELE: g kg LEHGREREEERIES AEEGAEGeRy P ot 2&: Tne aseemolage was called 10 attention by Com- mander Col. E. D. Swain, who euid that the occa- s1on was principally for the purpose of presenting the prizes to the winners in the three-months’ con- test, Hepad tnat Dr. N. Rowe, of the Chicazo Fueld, had offered n gold budse to the winger of tne ten contests, and ‘a¢ that gentleman was prea- ent b would call npon him td present tue prize Dr. Rowe came forwara, and in a few words p senzed the prizes, as follows: The main prize, the Freld Gold Badge, ta Mr. M. W, Lymun; the value of the badze, which a inique 1n design, 18 $25. The Femaining eeht prizes were in caeh, as follow, Freeman, S12; J. A. Shatfer,'$10; J. D.B. fer, S e 89: WAL Cnenowerh, 873 'S. 3, Tyr B S Glonson, S5, L. IL Drary, $1 {af 353 ds). Then Dr. Rowe presented Phil Gun- T e iub Leatner Medal, ao the. owest score. Mr. Gunlock, upon being called fora svecch."suld &te **would try and kéep the medal 4iil some one else could ke it from him.” The -Post then ad- Joarned for supper, and dancing was the order of the remainder of the evening. * AQUATIC. GENERAL NOTES. ‘The club-honse atock of the Farragnt Boat Clab waa all taken by members of the Club. The Osbkosh yacht fleet will be invited to send one or two yachts to Chicago this summer. ‘There are two or - three new yachts to be built in this port this season for Chicsgo gentlemen. A new rowing club is belpg orgunized in the vi- cinity of Thirty-first street by the young that Tocality. 7 S8 200 e of The story abont Capt. John Prindesiile buyin the Canada yacht Annio Cuthber: has, all. been de. nied by ihe”Ancient Mariner himself, He won't bave ner here thia scason. > The Farragut Boat Club areat work actively apon their new clep and boat house, and have ordered now shells. They will send erews to the Peoria regatta in June, and will doubtless particibate in the Madison and Geneva regattas to be given this summer. The Chicago Barze Club Have been offered grounds for tno erection of 4 boat-house at_the foot of Peck court, and it only remains for them 10 encrretically enter Into tho details of its con- struction. ‘There is, . however. but’ little energy displayed, and this 5y but two or threo of its nomerous meimbership. If they will wake up the Club may yet see & successful senson. - “Tho Chicazo Yacht Club Regatta Commuttee are at work upon a programme for the comine season which is enid to be the best thoy have vet given. It will_embraco eveats for each of the summer months, and will include regattas. crulses, and clam-bakes. One of tac regittss proposed will occnr at Sonth Chicazo,and will last two days, tak- ing in all manner of aquatic sports, for which sev- eral valuable prizes will be mven. Commodore unger Is arranging for an clegant Club cup, the designs for which are alroady coppleted, 1¢"will be the finest prize offered in the West this year. BILLIARDS. . THE GAME IN ST. LOUIS. . St. Lotis, March 30. ~The four-handed game of billiards playea to-night between Schaefer and Gallagher on one side and Slosson and Dion on the other was won by Schaefer and Gallagher by a score of 800 to 563, Schaefer's best runs, 158 and 580; Gallagher's, 91; Slosson's, 42 and 82; Dion's, 50 and 103. GOSSIP FOR LADIES. WWOMAN’S ART. **What art can & woman be good at? O vain! What art is she good at?" the poetess asks. 4 Wonld 1t take a philosopher's decp-thinking brain’ To decide, through the zaze of her various masis, 1n whut art her soul basky? Prima-facie of all is the science of dress: A charming appearance, no matter how gained, Is ner ideal dream of artistic success; 3 And, "tween science ‘and ort, her mind s con- strained. And ber reason enchained. To goseip, and tell of all known womankind The most disparazing things that he can, 13 an art to which she ts much inclined; And never could poet or novelust plan A story that ran A more wonderful race over breaks In Love's tide, or Cupid's feail bark Wrecked in eatling o'er Lo¥e's moon-lit lakes, Than she, in her zeal for a cause that is dark, Some dame's fair name to mark. To smile and enchant like some olden siren, To gracefully move in the maze of the dance, To rule over hearts a tyrannical Queen, To sing snd to flirt, to entrance, And weave tonder romance. What art can a woman claim as her own But the art of bewg 8 womanly one? “Fis & spherc mach abused, where she stands all slone; And, if women are free, to what end is it done 1f then we have none? ‘The true woman stands a Colossus in might, For all the affections of home "round uer cling— Homel where life ‘neath the touch of her great Jove grows bright, Andthe nearestand dearest s heart’s wealth each Ering From Love's golaen well-gpring. And, if women are dound, ‘tis by too narrow minas, o And the chains of intellect still in the mist, ‘That will make superficial knowledge, like rinds, Pass muster for fruit, and on merit insist ‘Where it doea not exist. o s EuzaseTa B. B, HOW BHE GAVE THE CENSUS. Detroit Free Press. When the census-taker rapped at the door of 2 certain Detroit cottaze on Crawford street the other day, and wondered {f thé woman would, set thedog on him or douse him with dish- water, a great disappointment awaited him, She opened the dour softly, stuffed the wir to see if he smelled of lightuing-rods, aud then turew it open for bim to enter. A “ Madam, 1 am making 2 canvass of thecity,” e begun. “An! st down,” she replied, and as ho began opening nis book sne cuntioued: **There are five or Bs Iv the 1awily, and we pald $100 down on this place. My husbaud’s name i3 Peter, bis age is 42, and he cawe irom 2 mean faculy. His 1ather was-always haviug lawsuits about dogs, and his mother was the greatest goasip in kl- mire. Have you got that downi? He grunted assent, ond she continned: )iy name is Alvina Surab, aad I was born e «T do not care to know wbere you were burn, madam,” he interrupted. “Well, 1care!” sue exclalmed; it makes great deal of differcnce whether I was born in Atfrica or Boston, and 1 want it put down. As I was saying, 1 was bora tn Boston fu 1833, Put down thut I came of a rood family.” + Madam, you don’t understand—you—o~' “Don't | understand tnat 1 came of a good family? 1'a hke to koow of a Boston family which carried tuewr noses higher than tue Rog- ersesi Put down that my father was in the Mexiean war.” “You have three children, madam?1*? «{ haven't aoy such thing, sir! Pat down that my mother was killed by an explosion in a quarry. Her and futher were—> + How many children bave you, madam?” * Have you got mother downi" o, madum. You sce L am taking the cen- sus of the citv.” ©\Well,” she sald, giving him a dangerous lock, **I had tnetyphold fever at the age of 15, and for weeks and weeks I hunz on the edge of the grave. Lboreupaswellas I was able, and—"" B “Five in the family,—how many children?” he suddenly asked. - ** Put down that | bore up!” she commanded. * And that one night when the watches were asleep . I crept out of bed and took adrink AL £ “+This is foreign to the subject, madam. How old are your cluldren?? “ Hayen’t vou put down that I hung on the edge of the graved” + No, madam.” © Aren’t you gofng to1” «No, madam. You sce, Tam simply takiog the census of Detroit. I desire to ascertain—7 “ You can’t ascertain it here, sir! " she gnap- ped. “I1f my sickness, which cost over 3200, fsn’t good enough to go In the book, then you don't get a line pere!™ “Let me ask you—" » « No use askide lor any of our photographs, 6ir. If you get ‘ewm anywhere and put oar plet- ures in that book we'll make it bot for you! Good-day, sir—good-day ! He stood on the step, sizhing, and she called throngh the door: “ My grandiather was also bitten to death by ao alliwstor, buc I won't give you any of the particalars] You want to gali!” He passed on, sorrowfully wondering If the next womnan’s mother was blown off a bridge or carried down the river on a hay-stack. A ROMANTIC WEDDING. New Tark Sun, darca28. Residents of Hackensack talked yesterdsy about the romaatic marriage of Sheriff Garret R. Hering’s" only aaughter, Sarah, to the Bher- 1f’s former coachman, Celestin Fournier. by the Rev. Cyras Durand. Mr>.Durand apid yester- day that he did not know the couple; but, when they asked him to marry them, he “put them on their afidavit,” aud they swore that they were each 2 years of age, and that they knew of no impediment to the marriage. Then he married them. Tne couple went flrst to the Roman Catholic priest, wha sald that he wourd marry them next day, and they went away, dis- apadinted, to the Baptist parsonage. That clergyman was si aud Mr. Durand was the next onie visited. There was & commotion in town over the marriage. . After the ceremony, the wife returned to her {ather's house, and Fournier went to his home. Next day they met at the Jepot. The hride was with bier motber; they were on their way to Cherry Hil station, near which the bride’s grandfather lives, On Soeruf Hering's farm. ‘The bride and groom walked up and down the fuilroad track, tuiking earnestly. Fournier iwore a slouched hat, red flanuel shirt, corduroy Eanuluons.\nnd unbluckened \boots, while tha ride was fashiovably attired. Sheriff Hering - is said to be wealiny. At nigbt, mother and daughter returned home, and so did Sheriff Hering, who had been in Newark, and knew nothiog of the marriage. ‘The Sherlfl is s tall, portly man. _He belangs to tne Hackensack AMethodist Church. in forcible lanzuage and with a_gesture of deter- mination, he said yesterday that he would put 3. bullet through Fourblershould that youne man ever cross bis path or bis threshold. “As for his danghter, he said, she could €03 he wonld have notning more to do with her: she had made her bed and she could (fefnit. Itis mot known thathe hes turned his daughter out ot the house, but last evening the "bride went away fromn home albae, taking nothing with ber, and was at tie ratlroad depot with a stuffed carpet- bsz an_ hour-afterward, accompanied by a 13- ar-old sister of -her husband. She took the 01 train ulone, rolna toward ner grandfather’s. On Monday she seot a note thither, asking that her clothes might be seac to Hackensack, but they were retained on the farm, A friend of Miss Hering asked her sesterday why she married o such a fashion,‘and she re- plied: * I was crazy aiter bim, and I was bound Lo have nim; now, that § bave got him, none of you can get bim {rom me.” The éame person asked the eroom why he took such a way to get a wite, and he said: **Wely we couldn’t et the consent of tho parents, so we just thought we would get mar- ried, apy way.” Fournier is very well liked by his companions ‘A PERFECT WOJMAN. DexMotnes ({u.) Beister. . A wife-seeking, methodical youth who has oc- casioaally escorted a°younz lady home on San- day evenings and gone in for supper, alter per- forming both services Jast Sunday night, sud- deuly sald to her: Do you talk in your sicep!™ “Why, no,'" she answered, in surprise. * Do ou walk in_your slecp! he mext ingquired. No, sir.”” “He moved his chair an inch closer and with increased interest asked: “Do you snore?” *No,» she hastily replied, looking un- easily at him. At this reply his eves sparkled. His lips eazerly parted and, 1s he ave his chair another hiteh, he briskly {nquired: “Do you throw the combings of your hair into thebasinl? | “What#"' she asked, with » blank face, He re- peated the question, although with increased nervousness. **No, 1 dow’t,” she answered in some haste. Aggin his chair went forward, while his agitation grew so great that he conld searcely malntain s place Gpon It as he asked, “Do you clean the conb when you huve done ! *0t course 1 do,” she said, staring at him with all ner might. in an instant he ‘was on his knees betore her with hands outatretened. X love you,” he passionately cried. *Lgive my waoole beart up to you. Love e and I sbail be your slave. Love me as I love you, and I will o everything on earth for you.” On, will you take me to be your lover, your busband, your protector, your everytuing®? It was a critieal monicnt for a young woman of her years, but she was equal o the emergency, a3 3 youny woman generally is, aud aceepted ham. A CONSIDERATE DAUGHTER. Eingstan (. Y.) Freeman. ‘What was inteaded to be a marriage up town Wednesday evening was spolled because the bride at the last moment refused to bave the coremony performed. Before beginning the ceremony the minister asied if the parents had consented, and neither answered, but when the two stood on the floor toxether and the ques- tion wus asked the bride, ** Do you take this mao a3 your husband{ " she repilpd in a firm tooe, *No!"” The minister was in a fix, but 18 the lady persisted in her answer, he couid only tell tuem that the ceremony could not procecd, and the couple went to the carriage and started back for home. Befure toey went the lady told the minister the reason for her action. She said that after e had usked-ttrem whether theic parents had consented to their union, she thuught over toe matter, and had come to the conclusion that, as ller mothe; was dead, she ought to get tne consent of ber father before shé married, snd os he 50 far had been opposed to the mateh, she had made up ber mind o sce whether he would not relent, and, it bhe did, then she would return at somz ocher time aud have the ceremony performed. MARRIED, DESPITE OBJECTIONS. Sazannah Netes. . After service in a church in Houston County, * Ga., Gus Riley, of Houston County, and Mattie Calloway, of Macon, walked up the aisle, show- ed the mipister a license, and asked bim to mar- ry them. He proceeded to do 8o, but the woman with whom Miss Mattie had been visi some weeks objected, saying that Miss C: was & puest at ber* housé, under age, und that ber father knew nothing abouu it. The preacuer said that that was nut a legal objection, but put it toavote to the congresation whather ne should marry the couple or not. The congrega- tion voted solid, * Marry them,” and they were married. THE PHONOGRAPH REPEATS. [SuE. pensicely turning the phonograph. Hz, scouling over the weekly bidls.) (Phonograph in his voice.) **In some {ar cot away from life's distresses ‘There shall our daya In bliss supreme bo spent, Poor, yet most rich. if wealth be fond caress- Wi e, (LR.) ** Are you aware &'s overdue—that rent 7" (Phonograph.) *+We'll live on honey rathered from rare flowors By dainty bees—it food for you, my swect. Our arink, the dewdrop of the minight hours From rose-buds deained.” (M) *Infernal buld for meat I'* (Phonograph.) *+And. darling, then for me no purer plessure, With gems 11 deck that fairy form of thins, With favries rich and precious beyond meas- ure. (Hz.) ** Outragéous waste! Spring things—iwo, ninety-nine! (Phonograph.) 3 4 Only as twain—our love shalt bave no shares You to command. and 1, your slave, that's all. For vou bat joys of cares myself the bearer. (B5.) **Doqo up-siairs—the bral's bequn to bawe.™ —Park Benjamin in New York Evening Foil. FEMININE NOTES. Artist—*She is one of Our greatest female palnters.”” The Brute—* Yes; I saw it in her ‘The difference between' a model woman and a woman model is: One is a bare possibility, and the other is 2 naked fact. A Chief in Africa has 300 wives whose clothing -does not cost him three cents a year: which is sapposed to be the bigzest clothes lyin’ on the 1 globe. The woman’s literary club may be oll very well in its way, but the women onght to depend mainly on the good old-fashioned fat-iron and rolling-pio. Sonz of & young lady in tho latess style of princesse dress: My dress, you'll aver, Is econamy’s awn, Deslyned with most exquisite taste: From zoue anto hem, and fram tacker to zone, You can't find a vestige of walst! To remave freckles, let youn ladles bathe the face with Cologne Water atter tea, und about 10 p. m. brash bota cheeks, the forehead, and cbin With a carefully-selectedmustacte. 1f this docs not remove thé (reckles, it will, under ordinary circumstances, cause them to be forzotten. Dog-Seller: *“That 'ere hanimal’s the real stock, mum, and dog cheap at 3$30.” Young Widow: ‘*“It's a sweet, pretty darling, black and white; but, in my present state of bereave- ment, you must procure we one_entirely black. This will do very well in about six moorhs, for hult-mourning.” Placid_daughter—“Qur stay at uncle’s hag been deliguttal, pa. Ma bas lost just ffteen pounds!” Irate pa—* Fiftcen pounds! How wrong. She knowswe caunot afford to loseany- thiug.™ P. D.—*I meant filteen pounds in weight. pa, and 1t wos all her own, 8o it won't come off yot.”—ZLondon Fun. ——— An 0dd Controversy. An odalittle controversy has been golng onfor a short time ln the columus of the London Times. A correspon lent wrote to inquire why the Oxford University gress persisted in spelling #penny " with only one n, in its edition of the Prayer-Book., The manager of the prioting- house replied with a ‘‘crusber.” He said that it was beceuee the word was spelled *peny” in “the gzled book,” which was thelr authority, and to which they were by law compelled to This was a sufliclent answer until X nlorn. €2 jother correspondent wrate to say that the University press ought, in consistency, to spell many other words differently. it it professed to’ be guided by. the orthography of “tae sealed book.” He “mentioned s lew examples, as teire,” “goveraign,” ‘‘bloud,” “souldiers,’ tyergue, ‘cattel,’” etc. 3loreover, he pointed out the rather odd fact that the University press has changed the word *cloals” which ap- pears in its modern form fn * the sealed book,” to the ancient form of “cloke” in the daily exhortation, without any reason or excase. It remains to be seca what answer the Unlversity priuter will make to this.very conclusive dis- position of his'explasation of peny.